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#16
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Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. 1
    thing; matter
    "What does U.F.O. stand for?" "It means Unidentified Flying Object, I guess."
  2. 2
    incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
    The fat will be in the fire.
  3. 3
    circumstances; situation; state of affairs
  4. 4
    work; business; affair
    Mind your own business!
  5. 5
    after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
  6. 6
    nominalizing suffix
    See also: 事 (こと)
    He was known as a burglar of houses where occupants are present and had a reputation for sneaking in and stealing valuables even during the day.
  7. 7
    pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
    See also: 事 (こと)
  8. 8
    alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or
    as AことB (A = alias, B = real name)
  9. 9
    necessity; need
    as 〜ことはない
  10. 10
    you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ...
    as 〜ことだ
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